19th Century French Oval Mirror

A beautiful large oval mirror with rich ornaments and original facetted mirror plate. The mirror has a very warm antique look and feel. The mirror has an ornate top decoration with a central “fleur de lis” with floral elements. At the bottom, there is also a smaller decoration with acanthus and floral elements. This mirror is made in Southern France and it has a solid pine frame that was smoothened with gesso. The most elevated part of the frame features a floral engraving and the inner part is adorned with a Classic pearl beading. The ornaments were casted with the use of ground cattle bone and plaster, reinforced with steel wires. The mixture of these materials is used in early mirror frames. Before casting was common practice, ornaments were hand carved in wood. A time consuming process and with the growing demand for these mirrors, new production methods were introduced. Later on larger...

This beautiful rectangular golden mirror is made in France, circa 1870. The frame is decorated with highly detailed baroque ornaments such ...

On offer here is a large antique oval mirror that was made in France in the second half of the 19th century, circa 1860. The mirror is decorated with beautiful ornaments with rich sy...

A beautiful and nature-inspired antique oval mirror that was made in France circa 1860. The most elevated part of the frame has a bark shape and is decorated with flowers and leave...

This beautiful large oval gold leaf gilt mirror was made in Northern France in the late 19th century, circa 1890. The mirror has a solid lime wood frame smoothened and enriched with ...

This beautiful antique gold leaf gilt oval mirror was made in southern France in the late 19th century. The top ornament is centered upon an acanthus pediment flanked by C-scrolls, a...

Elegant oval mirror set in a molded wood frame with a beaded inside trim and painted off-white. Beveled glass, with a distressed and crackled silver b...

A very good quality French 19th Century gilded gesso wall mirror, with classical scrolling foliate decoration, egg and dart moulding and bevelled mirror plates. Batch 76 61989. DNDKZ

19th Century oval gilt mirror. The frame is carved with an egg and dart design alternating with convex fillets and an inner gilded beaded loop. At th...

Created in an uncommon horizontally-oriented oval shape, this wonderful Antique French 19th century Louis XVI oval mirror features s...

19th century French Louis XVI oval painted mirror represent the essence of the classical style, with a graceful oval form unencumbered with adornm...

19th century French Louis XVI gilded oval mirror is poised to create a lavish decorative touch to any room, with its elaborate stylized shell, floral and foliate motifs above and bel...